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Central Washington University Archives

Guide to the Art Department
Sarah Spurgeon Scrapbook

RG 067, Series 07-14

Processed and Listed by: Ramirose Ilene Attebury
Date: July 6, 2007

Date Span: 1946-1958 (bulk 1954-1956)

Size: 1.0 cubic feet.

Number of Boxes: 1 oversize box.

Type of material: Photographs, newspaper clippings.

Physical condition: Good.

Arrangement: Photographs are loose in box; newspaper clippings are together in folder.

Historical or Biographical Sketch: Sarah Spurgeon (1903-1985) came to Ellensburg from Iowa in 1939 and joined the art department at the college the same year. She took a hiatus from her work at Central Washington College of Education during World War II when she went to work for Boeing as an artist. Following the war, she returned to Ellensburg and continued as a professor until her retirement in 1971. The Sarah Spurgeon Art Gallery, named in 1977 and currently housed in Randall Hall, is free and open to the public.

Scope and Content Note: The collection consists mostly of 8 x 11 black and white photographs of Sarah Spurgeon, her students, and their work. Also included are several local newspaper clippings about art events in which Spurgeon or her students played a part.

Research Note: Open to the public.

Inventory List: Photographs that have captions:

- March 29, 1955, Wenatchee Art Club visit to CWCE, Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland, Mrs. Barnum, Bob Mattielli
- Ginkgo 1955
- 1956 Beaux Arts Ball, John Morgan, Peg Orr
- Ginkgo Mural
- Stan Day, Charles Smith, Fall 1955 publicity for Larson Gallery Exhibit
- 1956 Art 100, Crayon Resist
- 1956 Art Festival, Richard Rasmussen Gallery Talk
- Figure Class visits nursery school, 1955 Spring
- Loren Sparks, Dorothy Dean, Sam Mohler, Helen Michaelson, Larry Moe
- 1956 Betty Seresun, Senior Exhibit
- 1956 Art Festival
- Vantage
- Lynn Williams, 1955
- Hal Chambers and B. Barlow painting Boy Scout Jamboree mural 1946, Materials Paid for by Rotary Club of Ellensburg, Washington
- Homecoming, Ann Nachetelo, Terry Randall, Sally Farmer, Judy Bower, Jim Kemp
- 1955 H.S. Art Festival
- 1958 Ann Nachatelo, Pat, Terry Randall, Sally Farmer, Judy Bower, Jim Kemp
- Jim Jacobs, Rudy Kovaceuich, Ken Vertz, Gary Brown, 1953, Websters
- Joan Stevens and Nancie Dunn, June 1958
- 19 x 6 Art 100, Framing, John Hooper & Sagara
- 1953 Homecoming Alumni Art Exhibit
- Nancy Stevens, 1955
- CES Library Tile Designed by Sarah Spurgeon, 1939, Miss Helen Librarian, 1954
- Bellevue Fair, 1954
- Rudy Kovaceuich, Jim Jacobs, Ken Vertz, Gary Brown, 1953, Dec., Websters, Paintings by Helen Rhine, Joan Heppel, Jan Michelotti, Spring Ľ, 53
- Jim Blanchard, Jane Simmons, Bellevue Fair, 1954
- December 1953, Tom Knudsen, Pat Cosper, Ted Olson, For article on Art Dept., B. Wiley Photo
- Boeing Flying Fortress
- Wayerty, Joan Stevens, Delores Schiffner, Barney Flora, Peg Orr, Keep Washington Green Poster Winter 1955
- Jerry Dudley, Roger Assestine, Sping 1955, Nursery School, CES
- Feb., 22, 1955, Figure Class working on portraits for the play Harvey, Joan Heikell, Pat Haberman, Jeanne Stafford, Jerry Ward, Kathy Arivoldt
- Art Festival, 1958 Spring
- Gary Brown, Nancy Stevens, Spring 1955, YMCA

Newspaper Clippings

Central Washington University Archives

Guide to the Art Department Sarah Spurgeon Scrapbook RG 067, Series 07-14

Guide to the Art Department
Sarah Spurgeon Scrapbook

RG 067, Series 07-14